← Fame through time400-499
The 5th century
Whose working lives fell in the 5th century. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 5th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Pope Leo I2 decades - 2
Saint Patrick22 decades - 3
Pope Gelasius I0 decades - 4
Pope Innocent I0 decades - 5
Pope Hormisdas1 decades - 6
Pope Zosimus3 decades - 7
Pope Hilarius0 decades - 8
Pope Anastasius II0 decades - 9
Pope Symmachus7 decades - 10
Pope Simplicius0 decades - 11
Pope Sixtus III0 decades - 12
Genevievenot measured- - 13
Pope Celestine I0 decades
- 14
Pope Felix III0 decades - 15
Glycerius9 decades - 16
Brigid of Kildare0 decades - 17
Theodoret22 decades - 18
Saint Remigius0 decades - 19
Pope Boniface I0 decades - 20
Peter Chrysologus4 decades - 21
Sabbas the Sanctified0 decades - 22
Germanus of Auxerre0 decades - 23
Euthymius the Great0 decades - 24
Daniel the Stylite0 decades - 25
Proclus of Constantinople0 decades - 26
Avitus of Vienne0 decades - 27
Petronius of Bologna0 decades - 28
Eucherius of Lyon0 decades - 29Ibas of Edessa0 decades
- 30
John the Silent0 decades - 31
Alban of Mainz0 decades - 32
Severin of Cologne0 decades - 33
Diadochos of Photiki0 decades - 34
Corentin of Quimper0 decades - 35Arsacius of Tarsusnot measured-
- 36
Brice of Tours0 decades - 37
Vedast17 decades - 38
Abundius of Como0 decades - 39
Severus of Viennenot measured- - 40
Abdas of Susa0 decades - 41
Sampson the Hospitable0 decades - 42
Brioc1 decades - 43
Castor of Kardennot measured- - 44
Winwaloe1 decades - 45
Dubricius12 decades - 46
Melainenot measured- - 47
Herculanus of Perugia0 decades - 48
Eugenius of Carthage0 decades - 49
Gratus of Aosta0 decades - 50
Marcellus of Paris7 decades - 51
Epiphanius of Pavia0 decades - 52
Eutropius of Orange0 decades - 53Patriarch John I of Alexandrianot measured-
- 54Vigilantius15 decades
- 55
Gregentius of Tapharnot measured- - 56Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinoplenot measured-
- 57
Sabinus of Canosa0 decades - 58Abraham of Clermontnot measured-
- 59
Mél of Ardaghnot measured- - 60
Justus of Urgellnot measured- - 61
Laud of Coutancesnot measured- - 62Saint Monitornot measured-
- 63
Adelphus0 decades - 64Auxentius of Durostorum0 decades
- 65
Iarlaithe mac Loganot measured- - 66
Dacius0 decades - 67
Gregory of Langres0 decades - 68Babowai0 decades
- 69
Apollinaris of Valence0 decades - 70
Prosper of Reggio0 decades - 71
Paternus of Avranches0 decades - 72
Auréenot measured- - 73
Desiderius of Langres0 decades - 74
Senatornot measured- - 75
Saint Renatusnot measured- - 76
Volusianus of Tours0 decades - 77
Gerontius of Cervianot measured- - 78Amantius of Comonot measured-
- 79
Acacius of Melitene0 decades - 80Acaciusnot measured-
- 81
Euphronios of Autunnot measured- - 82Basil of Seleucia0 decades
- 83
Dabheog0 decades - 84Patiens of Lyon0 decades
- 85
Galactorius of Lescarnot measured- - 86Theodotus of Antioch0 decades
- 87
Justin of Chietinot measured- - 88Antipater of Bostra0 decades
- 89
Avitus of Braga0 decades - 90Euthalius11 decades
- 91
Exuperantius of Cingolinot measured- - 92Nostrianus0 decades
- 93Babainot measured-
- 94Yahballaha Inot measured-
- 95
Severus of Trier0 decades - 96
Hovhannès Ier Mandakouninot measured- - 97Hesychius I0 decades
- 98
Alpin de Châlonsnot measured- - 99
Benignus of Armaghnot measured- - 100Stephen II of Antiochnot measured-
How to read these rankings
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. It is not a judgement on the life.
- Fame in print. The curves show how often a name appeared in the books of each decade from 1800 to 2019, drawn from the Google Books Ngram corpus.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.